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Industrial Construction Industry Statistics

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Industrial Construction Industry Statistics
Samuel NorbergWritten by Samuel Norberg·Fact-checked by Maya Johansson
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01 Industry overview

The industrial construction industry at a glance

U.S. industrial construction remains large but uneven: manufacturing construction spending was running at a $170.7 billion annualized rate in August 2026, down 19.2% year over year as data-center and power work outperformed factories.

$170.7B[105]
Manufacturing spending, August 2026
6.8%[20]
Global CAGR, 2025–2030
8.359M[106]
U.S. construction jobs, August 2026
$650M[82]
IES–DBM Global acquisition, 2026
Market size
The global industrial construction market was estimated at $192.59 billion in 2025. In the United States, manufacturing construction spending was reported at a $170.7 billion seasonally adjusted annual rate in August 2026, although that measure covers one major industrial segment rather than the full market.[20][105]
Forecast & CAGR
The global industrial construction market is forecast to reach $268.83 billion by 2030, implying a 6.8% compound annual growth rate from 2025 to 2030. North America was identified as both the largest and fastest-growing regional market in the forecast.[20]
Market share & regions
North America was identified as the largest and fastest-growing regional market in the 2025–2030 industrial construction forecast. The available source does not provide a reliable percentage share for North America or other regions.[20]
Segmentation
Industrial construction demand spans manufacturing facilities, energy and utilities, infrastructure, logistics and other heavy industrial projects. In U.S. construction employment, industrial building construction accounted for 116.7 thousand production and nonsupervisory employees in June 2026, compared with 486.4 thousand in commercial and institutional building construction.[106]
Key players & concentration
The industry remains fragmented across engineering, procurement and construction contractors, specialty trades, structural steel firms and site-development companies. DBM Global reported approximately $1.3 billion of revenue for the twelve months ended March 31, 2026 and employed about 3,400 people, but no reliable industry-wide concentration ratio was identified.[82]
Trends, drivers & challenges
Renewable-energy infrastructure, energy-transition investment and automation are cited as major growth drivers, while the U.S. market is becoming uneven: August 2026 manufacturing construction spending was down 19.2% year over year, while data-center construction was strengthening. Labor availability is an additional constraint, with construction employment at 8.359 million in August 2026.[20][105][106]
M&A
M&A activity in 2026 included IES Holdings’ agreement to acquire DBM Global for approximately $650 million, adding structural-steel fabrication, erection and industrial-services capabilities. Everus Construction Group also completed its $295 million acquisition of Epsilon Industries, expanding modular mechanical and electrical infrastructure capacity for advanced manufacturing and data centers.[82]
Regulation
In areas where the Environmental Protection Agency is the permitting authority, construction activity disturbing one acre or more generally requires Clean Water Act stormwater permit coverage. EPA proposed a 2027 Construction General Permit in August 2026; the existing 2022 permit is scheduled to expire on February 16, 2027.[107]
Latest news
The latest market evidence points to a two-speed industrial construction cycle. August 2026 U.S. manufacturing construction spending was $170.7 billion on an annualized basis, down 19.2% year over year, while 2026 transactions such as IES Holdings’ proposed $650 million DBM Global acquisition show continued consolidation among industrial and infrastructure contractors.[105][82]

02 Ranking

Top 10 Companies in the Industrial Construction Industry

The leading companies in the industrial construction industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.

Updated November 10, 2026 · Next review December 10, 2026

Verdict

Bechtel leads Gitnux's 2026 industrial construction ranking with an Overall score of 9.2, with engineering, procurement and construction for major industrial and energy projects. VINCI is the highest-ranked industrial infrastructure constructor at 9.0, with VINCI Construction €32.1 billion in 2025 revenue and about 117,000 employees.

Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓

Editor's top 3 picks

Where to start, by need.

  1. #1 Overall · Leader in industrial EPC

    Bechtel

    US

    Ranked #1 · 9.2 · Industrial EPC

    Why we picked it: It delivers industrial and energy EPC scope, aligning with power infrastructure gains and renewable-energy investment.

    See in ranking ↓Visit bechtel.com ↗

  2. Leader in construction Infrastructure

    VINCI

    FR

    Ranked #2 · 9.0 · Construction Infrastructure

    Why we picked it: It runs large-scale industrial and infrastructure construction activity with an operating margin of 12.8%.

    See in ranking ↓Visit vinci.com ↗

  3. Leader in industrial Services Delivery

    Worley

    AU

    Ranked #5 · 8.5 · Industrial Services Delivery

    Why we picked it: Its program delivery footprint aligns with industrial construction spanning energy, utilities, and complex industrial sites.

    See in ranking ↓Visit worley.com ↗

Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Picks 2 and 3 are the highest-ranked companies in the top 5 that add a new segment.

Full ranking

Sort by
Top 10 companies in the industrial construction industry, 2026 – Gitnux ranking
#CompanyOverall ↓Company snapshot
1

Bechtel

Industrial EPC · US

9.2
2

VINCI

Construction Infrastructure · FR

9.0
3

Kiewit

Construction Infrastructure · US

9.0
4

Larsen & Toubro

Industrial EPC · IN

8.6
5

Worley

Industrial Services Delivery · AU

8.5
6

McDermott

Energy infrastructure and industrial EPC · US

8.5
7

Bouygues

Industrial buildings, civil works and infrastructure · FR

8.3
8

KBR

Government, energy and sustainable technology EPC · US

8.3
9

Fluor

Global EPC for industrial and energy facilities · US

8.0
10

Saipem

Energy infrastructure, offshore and industrial EPC · IT

7.9

How we score

  • Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
  • Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
  • Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
  • Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.

Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.

Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.

Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 10, 2026.

Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.

Cite this ranking

APA

Samuel Norberg. (2026, November 10). Top 10 companies in the industrial construction industry. In Industrial Construction Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/industrial-construction-industry-statistics/#top-companies

report visual · Comparison

Revenue of the largest industrial construction companies

VINCI leads with $80.6B in annual revenue (group level, converted to USD).

VINCI$80.6B
Bouygues$61.4B
Kiewit$16.8B
Saipem$16.7B
Fluor$15.5B
McDermott$10.0B
source-verifiedvinci.com · bouygues.com · kiewit.com · saipem.com · investor.fluor.com · mcdermott.com2025

04 Statistics

Technology & Innovation

AI use is shifting from limited preparation to production work: 28% of U.S. AEC firms ran AI in production in 2026, while only 7% embedded AI across core workflows.

AI in the industrial construction industry

  • 17% of U.S. architecture, engineering and construction firms credited AI with reducing rework in 2026.[1]
  • 28% of U.S. architecture, engineering and construction firms were running AI in production in 2026.[1]
  • 74% of construction respondents reported limited or no preparation for artificial-intelligence adoption in 2025.[2]
  • 7% of U.S. architecture, engineering and construction firms embedded AI across core workflows in 2026.[1]
  • 26% of Australian engineering and construction businesses were not using artificial intelligence or machine learning and had no future implementation plans in 2024.[3]
  • 50% of U.S. architecture, engineering and construction firms cited high implementation cost as a leading AI-adoption barrier in 2026.[1]

Automation in the industrial construction industry

  • 37% of global industrial-construction respondents used Design for Manufacture and Assembly regularly or as standard practice in 2026.[4]
  • 63% of global industrial-construction respondents used Design for Manufacture and Assembly at least occasionally in 2026.[4]
  • 40% of global industrial-construction respondents used prefabrication regularly or as standard practice in 2026.[4]
  • 84% of industrialized-construction adopters reported better quality in 2026.[4]
  • 38% of global industrial-construction respondents used productization regularly or as standard practice in 2026.[4]
  • 61% of global industrial-construction respondents used productization at least occasionally in 2026.[4]

Digital Transformation in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 47% were already using data analytics in 2024.[3]
  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 41% were already using mobile apps in 2024.[3]
  • Across Australia’s building and construction industry, 64% of organisations invested in data and digitalisation during the 12 months before the 2025 survey.[5]
  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 38% were already using building information modelling in 2024.[3]

Technology Adoption in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 11% reported experience using artificial intelligence.[6]
  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 44% reported experience using building information modelling.[6]
  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 43% reported experience using jobsite data-collection applications.[6]
  • Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 35% reported experience using advanced building materials.[6]

Cloud Computing in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 43% were already using construction-management cloud software in 2024.[3]
  • Among capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 2% neither used cloud technology nor planned to use it within 12 months in 2025.[7]
  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 9% planned to adopt cloud technology within the next 12 months in 2025.[7]
  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 89% were currently using cloud technology in 2025.[7]

Big Data in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 48% were currently using big data and Internet-of-Things technologies in 2025.[7]
  • Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 30% planned to adopt big data and Internet-of-Things technologies within 12 months in 2025.[7]
  • Across global real estate owners and investors, 61% remain dependent on legacy technology infrastructures, according to Deloitte’s 2024 outlook survey.[8]
  • Across real estate companies, 13% have access to real-time business intelligence and analytics, according to the 2024 commercial real estate outlook.[8]
  • Across real estate investors, 60% report that a formal data initiative is underway at their firm, based on an EY survey of more than 50 executives.[9]
  • Across construction businesses, only one-third receive daily insights from at least one data source, according to a 2023 survey.[10]

05 Statistics

Data & Analytics

Data handling remains a bottleneck: construction professionals reported spending more than three hours gathering and preparing data before analysis in 2026, and 76% said departments work across different systems and data sources.

Business intelligence in the industrial construction industry

  • 20% of Irish construction businesses were identified as overrating their data capabilities in 2023.[11]
  • 10 hours per week were spent by management and executives researching and analysing data in construction businesses in 2023, globally.[11]
  • 35% of French construction businesses were identified as overrating their data capabilities in 2023.[11]
  • 8 of 13 possible data types were collected and analysed by the average construction business in 2023, globally.[11]
  • 11 of 13 possible data types were collected by the average construction business in 2023, globally.[11]
  • 24% of German construction businesses were identified as overrating their data capabilities in 2023.[11]

Data analytics in the industrial construction industry

  • 8% of engineering and construction businesses were unaware of data analytics in 2024, across the surveyed markets.[3]
  • 13% of construction businesses received daily project insights in 2023, globally.[11]
  • 50% of construction businesses received project insights at least weekly in 2023, globally.[11]
  • One-third of construction businesses received daily insights from at least one data source in 2023, globally.[11]
  • 20% of engineering and construction businesses were not using and did not plan to implement data analytics in 2024, across the surveyed markets.[3]
  • 47% of engineering and construction businesses were already using data analytics in 2024, across the surveyed markets.[3]

Data Quality in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across construction professionals, 72% said they spend more than three hours gathering and preparing data before it is ready for analysis in a 2026 survey.[12]
  • Across UK housing providers, 48% were totally confident in their real-estate asset data in 2022, compared with 34% confident in management and maintenance data.[13]
  • Across UK housing providers, only 23% were confident in tenant or customer data in 2022, the lowest confidence level among the data categories surveyed.[13]
  • Across construction professionals, 76% said departments frequently or occasionally work from different systems and data sources in a 2026 survey.[12]
  • Across institutional real estate, data quality received an average self-rating of 6.2 out of 10 in 2026, based on 72 professionals across 38 firms.[14]
  • Across construction companies, 38% rated their ability to share and use data with internal and external collaborators as strong in the report’s construction sample.[15]

Data Governance in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • Across construction businesses, 10% reported in 2023 that they did not have a well-defined data governance policy.[11]
  • Across institutional real estate, governance readiness for AI received an average self-rating of 5.1 out of 10 in 2026, based on 72 professionals across 38 firms.[14]
  • Across US construction owners requiring data governance plans, 19% required them on a majority of projects in the 2024–2025 survey period.[16]
  • Across US construction owners, 45% required project teams to define a data governance plan in the 2024–2025 survey period.[16]
  • Across US construction owners, 11% required project teams to use data standards on all projects in the 2024–2025 survey period.[16]
  • Across US construction owners, 45% did not provide regular data training in the 2024–2025 survey period, limiting governance capability and consistent data use.[16]

KPIs in the industrial construction industry

  • 1.3 was the 2024 current ratio for U.S. industrial and nonresidential contractors.[17]
  • 4.1% was the 2023 net-income-before-tax margin for U.S. industrial and nonresidential contractors.[17]
  • 7.3% of revenue was the 2024 SG&A expense ratio for U.S. industrial and nonresidential contractors.[17]
  • 12.4% of revenue came from industrial building construction among surveyed U.S. industrial and nonresidential contractors in 2024.[17]
  • $1.24 million was 2024 revenue per full-time equivalent employee for U.S. industrial and nonresidential contractors.[17]
  • 10.4% was the 2024 return on assets for U.S. industrial and nonresidential contractors.[17]

06 Statistics

Strategy & Growth

The forecast points to steady expansion, with global industrial construction market size moving from $192.59 billion in 2025 to $268.83 billion by 2030 at a 6.8% CAGR.

Growth in the industrial construction industry

  • $98.6 billion was the value of U.S. industrial construction starts forecast for 2025, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 5.2%.[18]
  • 6% of new commercial construction starts in North America were associated with permanent modular construction in 2022.[19]
  • $192.59 billion was the global industrial construction market size in 2025, with the market forecast to reach $268.83 billion by 2030 at a 6.8% CAGR.[20]
  • $10.714 billion was Aecon’s reported backlog at December 31, 2025, up from $6.662 billion one year earlier.[21]
  • 41.7% was the increase in U.S. data-center construction spending during the first eight months of 2026.[22]
  • 8.4 months was the average U.S. construction backlog in January 2026, according to a measure increasingly supported by large data-center and industrial projects.[23]

Differentiation in the industrial construction industry

  • 37 modules was the average size of permanent modular construction projects in the North American study.[19]
  • 309 days was the average time from approval to occupancy for permanent modular construction projects in a North American study.[19]
  • 4.5% was the median revenue increase reported for the overall MEP-contractor industry in the same survey.[24]
  • 14.5% was the median revenue increase reported by firms with prefabrication rates above 60% in a survey of MEP contractors.[24]
  • 35.1% of surveyed construction organizations had multi-trade prefabrication or modularization facilities in 2024, up from 22.2% in 2023.[25]
  • 86% of contractors reported offering single-trade prefabrication services in a 2024 industry survey.[26]

Mergers and acquisitions in the industrial construction industry

  • 562 construction-services transactions were announced or closed in 2025, an 18.2% increase from 2024.[27]
  • 485 transactions was the record architecture and engineering M&A volume reached in 2022.[28]
  • 6 acquisitions each were recorded for site-development and MEP firms in a 2025 review of engineering and construction M&A.[28]
  • $600 million was the value of Heidelberg Materials’ acquisition of Giant Cement in 2025.[29]
  • 5 acquisitions each were recorded for water and multidisciplinary firms in the same 2025 engineering and construction M&A review.[28]
  • $256.2 million was the revenue attributable to Summit Industrial Construction during Comfort Systems USA’s first eight months of ownership in 2024.[30]

Strategic partnerships in the industrial construction industry

  • $285 million was Siemens’ planned 2025 investment in U.S. manufacturing facilities supporting industrial and construction customers.[31]
  • 900 skilled manufacturing jobs were expected from Siemens’ 2025 U.S. manufacturing investment.[31]
  • 3 gigawatts was the planned capacity of the Qurayyah combined-cycle power plant to be built by the Técnicas Reunidas–Orascom Construction joint venture in Saudi Arabia.[32]
  • 7,000 construction jobs were promised for Intel’s Ohio semiconductor-factory project.[33]
  • $65 billion was TSMC’s previously announced U.S. investment commitment referenced in its 2025 expansion announcement.[31]
  • $100 billion was TSMC’s additional planned U.S. investment announced in 2025, following an earlier $65 billion commitment and involving extensive industrial construction.[31]

07 Statistics

People & Workforce

Workforce scarcity persists: construction employment stood at 8.359 million in August 2026, and 92% of U.S. construction firms reported difficulty filling open positions in 2025.

Hiring in the industrial construction industry

  • 80% of U.S. construction firms had openings for salaried employees in 2025.[34]
  • 69% of U.S. construction firms expected to increase headcount over the following 12 months in the 2025 outlook survey.[34]
  • 92% of U.S. construction firms reported difficulty filling open positions in 2025.[35]
  • 12% of U.S. construction firms expected hiring hourly craft workers to become or remain easier in 2025.[34]
  • 184 U.S. metropolitan areas, or 51%, added construction jobs from July 2024 to July 2025.[34]

Employee retention in the industrial construction industry

  • 34.3% of U.S. workers overall participated in a retirement or pension plan in 2023.[36]
  • 13.6% was the employee-turnover rate reported for the same construction-related professional-firm sample in 2023.[37]
  • 13.2% was the 2024 employee-turnover rate reported in the architecture and engineering industry study covering construction-related professional firms.[37]
  • 26.4% of U.S. construction workers participated in a retirement or pension plan in 2023.[36]
  • 68.2% was the average annual turnover rate reported for the U.S. construction workforce in 2025.[38]

Remote Work in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • About 9% of U.S. construction workers worked remotely at least sometimes during October 2023–September 2024, including hybrid and fully remote work.[39]
  • In January 2024, 33.63% of U.S. real-estate wage and salary employees worked from home, based on the Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes.[40]
  • In 2024, 2.7% of construction positions were fully remote in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[41]
  • In 2024, 23.7% of finance, insurance and real-estate positions were fully remote in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[41]

Hybrid Work in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • In 2024, 55.8% of finance, insurance and real-estate positions were fully hybrid in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[41]
  • In 2024, 43% of surveyed real-estate executives identified flexible workday schedules as a leading talent-acquisition and retention action.[8]
  • In 2024, 15.0% of construction positions were fully hybrid in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[41]
  • Forty-two percent of real-estate investment managers expected employees to be in the office four days per week within six to 12 months, according to a 2025 NAREIM survey.[14]

Upskilling in the industrial construction industry

  • 41% of U.S. construction job candidates lacked required credentials or licenses in 2025.[35]
  • 29.9% of U.S. construction apprentices were electricians, the largest single trade share reported in the latest CPWR chart book.[36]
  • Nearly 750,000 people registered for construction-trade apprenticeships in the United States from 2015 through 2021.[36]
  • 4.1% of construction-trade apprenticeship registrations from 2015 through 2021 were women.[36]
  • 17% was the increase in new construction-trade apprenticeship registrations in the United States from 2015 to 2021.[42]

Employee Engagement in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • Fifty-nine percent of construction employers lacked a strategy to improve employee engagement in the 2018 U.S. construction benefits benchmarking survey.[43]
  • Across construction and heavy industry, Meaningful Work received the highest driver score at 8.45 out of 10 in 2026.[44]
  • Across real estate organizations represented in Culture Amp’s benchmark, 73% of employees were engaged based on data collected from July 2025 through June 2026.[45]
  • Forty-seven percent of construction employers said their workforce was highly engaged in the 2018 U.S. construction benefits benchmarking survey.[43]
  • Construction employees scored 4.20 out of 5 on engagement-related measures in 2024, up from 3.92 in 2022, in WebMD Health Services’ survey of 3,653 workers.[46]

DEI in the industrial construction industry

  • 71.7% of Hispanic U.S. construction workers were immigrants in 2023.[36]
  • 28.3% of Hispanic U.S. construction workers were native-born in 2023.[36]

08 Statistics

Customer & Sales

Customer and deal mechanics stay measurable: for construction-industry inbound leads generated by email marketing in 2024, mid-funnel conversion was reported as more than 50%.

Customer experience in the industrial construction industry

  • 80% of construction firms using some level of lean construction reported improved customer satisfaction in a McGraw Hill Construction survey.[47]
  • 77% of construction firms using some level of lean construction reported improved jobsite safety.[47]
  • 74% of construction firms using some level of lean construction reported shorter schedules.[47]
  • 28% of surveyed contractors said they always finished projects on time and under budget in 2020.[24]
  • 69% of specialty contractors surveyed reported dissatisfaction with available preconstruction technology in 2022.[47]

Customer retention in the industrial construction industry

  • 95% of surveyed roofing-system customers would hire the same contractor again overall in the pilot study.[48]
  • 44% of U.S. commercial service contractors said repeat customers generated their largest share of revenue in 2022.[49]
  • 49% of U.S. commercial service contractors identified customer retention as a top business goal for 2023.[49]
  • 58% of work performed by surveyed residential service contractors came from repeat customers in 2022.[50]
  • 52% of roofing-system end users could be contacted for the customer-satisfaction survey in the pilot study.[48]

Customer acquisition in the industrial construction industry

  • 14% of U.S. commercial service contractors said facilities, property-management or CMMS channels generated their largest revenue share in 2022.[49]
  • 7% to 10.75% was the initial cold-calling conversion range for specialty-contracting opportunities valued at $50,000 to $2 million in 2024.[51]
  • 19.8% of tracked construction-industry top-of-funnel conversions came from email marketing in 2024.[51]
  • 71% of business volume for surveyed residential service contractors came from word-of-mouth referrals in 2022.[50]
  • 53.7% of tracked construction-industry top-of-funnel conversions came from PPC and social media in 2024.[51]

Customer loyalty in the industrial construction industry

  • 97% of surveyed roofing-system customers said they would purchase the system again in the second pilot group.[48]
  • 18% of contractors in loyalty programs preferred points or miles for future redemption in 2022.[24]
  • 72% of surveyed contractors participated in loyalty-marketing programs in 2022.[24]
  • 26% of contractors rated mobile phones as a top merchandise-reward category in 2022.[24]
  • 78% of contractors in loyalty programs preferred purchase discounts or billing credits over points or miles in 2022.[24]

Lead generation in the industrial construction industry

  • More than 98% of construction-industry leads required phone contact to complete conversions in 2024.[51]
  • Over 50% was the mid-funnel conversion rate reported for inbound leads generated by email marketing in construction in 2024.[51]
  • More than 50% of tracked construction-industry conversions came from PPC leads in 2024.[51]
  • 3 to 9 months was the typical time from a positive specialty-contracting prospect response to signing a new contract in 2024.[51]

09 Statistics

Marketing & Brand

Brand-channel activity remains tracked, with a median monthly organic-visit volume of 155 for a construction-company website in 2026.

Marketing in the industrial construction industry

  • More than $3 million was the annual marketing spend reported by large AEC firms in 2025.[52]
  • 45% of AEC firms employed dedicated business-development staff in 2025.[52]
  • 55% of AEC firms relied primarily on seller-doers for business development in 2025.[52]
  • $400,000 was the median firm-wide marketing budget reported by AEC firms in 2025.[52]
  • 31% of surveyed AEC firms had 51–250 employees in 2024.[53]

Digital marketing in the industrial construction industry

  • 25.5% of Canadian construction enterprises had no web presence in 2023.[54]
  • 59.9% of Canadian construction enterprises had a company website in 2023.[54]
  • 6.1% of Canadian construction firms used email marketing in 2023.[54]
  • 67% of respondents in a construction-sector digital-marketing survey used pop-up communications on their websites in 2024.[55]
  • 75% of respondents in a construction-sector digital-marketing survey used SEO tools in their daily marketing work in 2024.[55]

Branding in the industrial construction industry

  • 155 was the median monthly organic-visit volume for a construction-company website in 2026.[56]
  • 12 percentage points separated the construction and real-estate-development client brand from leading competitors on familiarity in 2026.[57]
  • 13.6% of construction-marketing job postings mentioned content responsibilities in 2026.[56]
  • 82% of U.S. respondents recognized the construction and real-estate-development client brand in a 2026 positioning study.[57]
  • 0.4% of construction-marketing job postings mentioned answer-engine optimization in 2026.[56]

Social media in the industrial construction industry

  • 71% of construction professionals used Twitter in the Construction Marketing Association survey.[58]
  • 40% of construction-industry respondents said social-media marketing generated sales leads.[58]
  • 81% of construction professionals used Facebook in the Construction Marketing Association survey.[58]
  • 94% of AEC firms used social media for lead generation according to the 2024 State of AEC Marketing report.[59]
  • 82% of commercial or residential building firms actively used social media to promote or support their businesses in 2021.[60]

Influencer Marketing in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • Among residential construction workers surveyed in 2024, 47% regularly used Instagram, 52% used YouTube and 73% used Facebook.[61]
  • Among U.S. real estate professionals, 15% used TikTok for business in 2024, while 10% used X (formerly Twitter).[62]
  • Across U.S. prospective home buyers, 42% preferred Instagram for communication with a real estate agent in 2025, compared with 47% preferring Facebook.[63]
  • Among U.S. real estate professionals, 52% said social media generated the highest number of quality leads in the previous 12 months in 2024.[62]
  • Among U.S. real estate professionals, 62% used Instagram for business in 2024, alongside 87% using Facebook and 25% using YouTube.[62]

10 Statistics

Operations & Execution

Industrialized delivery methods improve execution metrics across adoption levels; 76% of organizations using industrialized construction reported greater schedule and cost predictability than with traditional projects.

Process optimization in the industrial construction industry

  • 39% of organizations report regular or standard use of Design for Manufacture and Assembly in industrialized construction, according to a 2026 worldwide survey.[4]
  • 70% of 869 worldwide respondents believe industrialized construction will become the standard way of working in the future, according to a 2026 survey.[4]
  • 38% of respondents identify design consistency and reusability as an important benefit of productization and Design for Manufacture and Assembly, according to Dodge research cited by Autodesk.[4]
  • 37% of organizations report regular or standard use of productization in industrialized construction, according to a 2026 worldwide survey.[4]
  • 66% of more than 800 architecture, engineering and contracting professionals reported improved project schedules from prefabrication or modularization.[64]

Operational efficiency in the industrial construction industry

  • 90% of companies using BIM on at least half of projects reported improved schedule performance from prefabrication or modular construction.[65]
  • 76% of organizations using industrialized construction report greater schedule and cost predictability than with traditional projects.[4]
  • 93% of companies using modular construction with BIM on at least half of projects reported improved productivity.[65]
  • 87% of companies using BIM on at least half of projects reported increased schedule certainty from prefabrication or modular construction.[65]
  • 90% of companies using BIM on at least half of projects reported improved budget performance from prefabrication or modular construction.[65]

Quality management in the industrial construction industry

  • 77% of construction QA/QC professionals across 13 countries report inconsistent QA/QC documentation processes.[66]
  • 56% of construction QA/QC professionals across 13 countries identify different standards across sites and trades as their biggest challenge.[66]
  • 1,097 non-conformances were analyzed across 14 infrastructure engineer-to-order projects worth $2.34 billion.[67]
  • 41% of non-conformances were repeated across 14 infrastructure engineer-to-order projects.[67]
  • 90% of companies using BIM on at least half of projects reported improved quality from prefabrication or modular construction.[65]

Supply chain in the industrial construction industry

  • 45% of U.S. construction firms turned to alternative suppliers in the 2023 survey for 2024 activity.[34]
  • 65% of U.S. contractors experienced project delays from longer material delivery times or shortages in 2022 or 2023.[39]
  • 32% of U.S. construction firms turned to alternative suppliers in the 2024 survey for 2025 activity.[34]
  • 56% of U.S. construction firms accelerated purchases after winning contracts in the 2023 survey for 2024 activity.[34]
  • 23% of U.S. construction firms reported no significant supply-chain problems in the 2023 survey for 2024 activity.[34]

Outsourcing / Offshoring in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)

  • 45% of Australian infrastructure-construction businesses surveyed in 2025 reported cost overruns as a challenge when managing subcontracting or labour-hire relationships.[5]
  • 46.5% of Australian construction-industry input costs came from outsourced services in 2024, including labour hire, consultants and capital rentals.[5]
  • 30% of costs in Australian infrastructure construction flowed to external construction services in 2025.[5]
  • 11% of income in Australian civil engineering, non-residential building and related construction came from subcontracting in 2025.[5]
  • $5.66 per agent per month was the average outsourced accounting-labor price for U.S. real-estate brokerages with more than 500 agents, based on an August 2024 survey.[68]

11 Statistics

Finance & Pricing

Margins and pricing pressures show up alongside input-cost volatility, including a 77.8% year-over-year increase in U.S. diesel-fuel prices from August 2025 to August 2026.

Pricing strategy in the industrial construction industry

  • 27% of global construction-market survey respondents identified data centers as the sector with the highest contractor profit margins in 2026.[69]
  • 50% of surveyed UK main contractors described 2025 tendering conditions as lukewarm, with strong competition and moderate tender prices.[70]
  • 14% of surveyed UK main contractors described 2025 tendering conditions as cold, citing intense competition, low prices and limited work.[70]
  • 23% of global construction-market survey respondents identified corporate occupier projects as having the highest contractor profit margins in 2026.[69]
  • 41% of U.S. construction firms raised prices in 2025 to offset tariff-related material-cost increases.[34]

Cost reduction in the industrial construction industry

  • 20.9% was the year-over-year increase in U.S. copper and brass mill-shape prices from August 2025 to August 2026.[34]
  • 39% of U.S. construction firms accelerated material purchases in 2025 as a cost-control response to anticipated tariffs.[34]
  • 26% of U.S. construction firms reported that tariff changes had not affected them in 2025.[34]
  • 77.8% was the year-over-year increase in U.S. diesel-fuel prices from August 2025 to August 2026.[34]
  • 8.9% was the year-over-year increase in U.S. prices for inputs to new nonresidential construction from August 2025 to August 2026.[34]

Profitability in the industrial construction industry

  • 3.3% was the average pretax net-income margin for U.S. industrial and nonresidential contractors with at least $300 million in revenue in fiscal 2024.[17]
  • 7.1% was the average EBIT margin for construction contractors covered by the 2026 CFMA benchmarker, based on fiscal 2025 results.[71]
  • 10.6% was the global average profit margin reported for smaller commercial construction projects in 2025.[69]
  • 4.2% was the average pretax net-income margin for U.S. industrial and nonresidential contractors with $50 million to $99.9 million in revenue in fiscal 2024.[17]
  • 7.9% was the pretax net-income margin for U.S. industrial and nonresidential contractors classified as best in class in fiscal 2024.[17]

Financial planning in the industrial construction industry

  • 29% was the average 2027 order-book coverage reported by Irish construction contractors in the third quarter of 2025.[72]
  • 47.4% of industrial and nonresidential contractors in the 2025 CFMA study operated primarily as construction managers.[17]
  • 32% of companies in the 2025 CFMA Financial Benchmarker were industrial and nonresidential contractors.[17]
  • 17% of Irish construction projects used framework tendering in the third quarter of 2025.[72]
  • 28% of Irish construction projects used single-stage or two-stage tendering in the third quarter of 2025.[72]

12 Statistics

Product & Service

Industrial methods are expanding: in 2026, 63% of surveyed organizations worldwide used prefabrication at least occasionally in industrialized construction.

Product development in the industrial construction industry

  • 63% of surveyed organizations worldwide use prefabrication at least occasionally in industrialized construction, 2026.[4]
  • 40% of surveyed organizations worldwide use prefabrication regularly or as standard practice, 2026.[4]
  • 54% of digitally mature construction organizations use prefabrication regularly or as standard practice, 2026.[4]
  • 21% of less digitally mature construction organizations use productization regularly or as standard practice, 2026.[4]
  • 40% of surveyed organizations worldwide use Design for Manufacture and Assembly regularly or as standard practice, 2026.[4]

Product lifecycle in the industrial construction industry

  • $6.7 million was the average total cost of surveyed permanent modular construction projects, 2022.[19]
  • 37 volumetric modules was the average project size among surveyed permanent modular construction projects, 2022.[19]
  • 8.1 million square feet were produced by 24 surveyed North American modular manufacturers, 2022.[19]
  • 16% of North American permanent volumetric modular construction spending was located in Canada, 2025.[73]
  • 43% of the total value of an average permanent modular construction project represented the factory portion, 2023.[74]

After-sales in the industrial construction industry

  • 50% was Komatsu's aftermarket ratio for construction, mining, and utility equipment in fiscal 2023, 2023.[75]
  • 24% of Epiroc's revenue came from tools and attachments, 2025.[76]
  • 51% was Komatsu's projected aftermarket ratio for construction, mining, and utility equipment in fiscal 2024, 2024.[75]
  • 8% was Epiroc's average annual aftermarket-revenue growth since 2016, reported in 2025.[76]
  • About 50% of Komatsu's construction, mining, and utility-equipment sales came from parts and services, 2024.[75]

Value proposition in the industrial construction industry

  • 84% of industrialized-construction adopters reported improved finished-project quality, worldwide, 2026.[4]
  • 51% of Dodge Construction Network respondents identified traditional procurement as the leading barrier to greater productization and DfMA use, 2026.[4]
  • 82% of industrialized-construction adopters reported improved ability to meet project schedules, worldwide, 2026.[4]
  • 46% of Dodge Construction Network respondents identified cost predictability as an important productization and DfMA benefit, 2026.[4]
  • 1.9% lower cost per square foot was reported for light-industrial design-build projects versus construction-manager-at-risk projects.[77]

13 Statistics

Sustainability & Ethics

Sustainability tracking is moving into capex criteria; for VINCI, 64% of capital expenditure was taxonomy-eligible in 2025 and 33% was taxonomy-aligned.

Sustainability in the industrial construction industry

  • 32% of VINCI’s fleet in France consisted of low-emission vehicles in 2025.[78]
  • 11 of 57 New Zealand industrial and construction entities reported ESG or sustainability information in 2024.[79]
  • More than 200 VINCI facilities were recovering and recycling materials in 2025.[78]
  • 64% of VINCI capital expenditure was taxonomy-eligible in 2025.[78]
  • 33% of VINCI capital expenditure was taxonomy-aligned in 2025.[78]

ESG in the industrial construction industry

  • 13% of Australia’s construction-industry workforce were women in 2025.[5]
  • 11 of 50 New Zealand industrial and construction entities reported ESG or sustainability information in 2022.[79]
  • 42% of 43 engineering and construction companies analyzed had targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative in FY2023–2025.[80]
  • 26.3% was the median total-remuneration gender pay gap in Australia’s construction industry in 2023–24.[5]
  • 86% of 43 engineering and construction companies analyzed had formal greenhouse-gas targets in their FY2023–2025 sustainability reports.[80]

Ethics in the industrial construction industry

  • 8 experts contributed sector-specific evidence to the UK government’s assessment of domestic corruption in construction.[81]
  • 66% of VINCI companies had fewer than 100 employees at 31 December 2024.[78]
  • 84.7% of VINCI employees were located in OECD countries at 31 December 2024.[78]
  • 68% of the most recent bribery incidents reported by UK businesses involved a bribe being offered or requested verbally in 2024.[81]
  • 61% of UK private-sector businesses offered a bribe said the incident had no impact on them in 2024.[81]

CSR in the industrial construction industry

  • 231,266 metric tons of manufacturing waste were sent to landfill by James Hardie in fiscal 2023.[82]
  • 11% was the share of U.S. construction jobs held by women in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.[83]
  • 23% of James Hardie management positions were held by women in fiscal 2024.[82]
  • 10% was James Hardie’s Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction from its 2021 baseline in fiscal 2023.[82]
  • 50% of Taylor Morrison’s board members were women in 2024.[84]

Circular economy in the industrial construction industry

  • 7% of Ireland’s construction and demolition waste was concrete, brick, tile and gypsum in 2024.[85]
  • 49.6% of global secondary material consumption consisted of recycled construction and demolition waste in 2025.[86]
  • 22% of construction and demolition waste was recycled globally according to the Circularity Gap Report 2025.[86]
  • 18 million tonnes of construction and demolition debris were generated annually in New York State, according to Cornell researchers.[87]
  • 5% of Ireland’s construction and demolition waste was exported abroad for final treatment in 2024.[85]

Carbon footprint in the industrial construction industry

  • 31,000 tonnes of location-based Scope 2 greenhouse-gas emissions were reported by Skanska in 2025.[88]
  • 6,000 tonnes of market-based Scope 2 greenhouse-gas emissions were reported by Skanska in 2024.[88]
  • 141,000 tonnes of Scope 1 greenhouse-gas emissions were reported by Skanska in 2025.[88]
  • 1,219,000 tonnes of significant Scope 3 greenhouse-gas emissions were reported by Skanska in 2024.[88]
  • 1,184,000 tonnes of significant Scope 3 greenhouse-gas emissions were reported by Skanska in 2025.[88]

15 Statistics

Globalization & Expansion

Cross-border activity stays material in the top contractor set: $550.6 billion was the combined international revenue of ENR’s Top 250 International Contractors in 2025.

Globalization in the industrial construction industry

  • 8.8% of the top global construction companies’ 2025 revenue was generated by companies headquartered in the United States.[8]
  • 24.7% of the top 100 global construction companies’ sales came from international markets in 2025.[8]
  • $550.6 billion was the combined international revenue of ENR’s Top 250 International Contractors in 2025, up 9.7% from 2024.[47]
  • $1.972 trillion was the combined revenue of the top 100 global construction companies in 2025.[8]
  • 9.4% of the top global construction companies’ 2025 revenue was generated by companies headquartered in Japan.[99]

Supplier management in the industrial construction industry

  • Over 60% of Australian infrastructure-industry respondents said procurement and supply-chain-management improvements would have the highest impact in 2024.[5]
  • 27% of builders primarily purchased roofing materials directly rather than through subcontractors in 2026.[100]
  • 71% of builders primarily purchased windows and doors directly rather than through subcontractors in 2026.[100]
  • 35% of builders identified supplier relationships as the most influential factor in material-purchasing decisions in 2026.[100]
  • 34% of builders primarily purchased drywall directly rather than through subcontractors in 2026.[100]

Stakeholder management in the industrial construction industry

  • 32.8% was the response rate for a 2026 survey examining stakeholder-management barriers among construction professionals.[101]
  • 69.9% of the 376 ENR Top 400 contractors appearing in both annual surveys reported higher revenue in 2025.[47]
  • 89 construction firms reported $93.08 billion in 2025 revenue in ENR’s East Top Contractors survey.[71]
  • 164 valid construction-professional responses were analyzed in a 2026 study of factors hindering stakeholder management in construction.[101]
  • 156 Malaysian construction developers participated in a study assessing stakeholder management and project performance in residential construction.[102]

Distribution channels in the industrial construction industry

  • 37% of general contractors and construction managers primarily purchased prefabrication products directly from manufacturers in 2020.[65]
  • 20% of trade contractors primarily purchased prefabrication products directly from manufacturers in 2020.[65]
  • 59% of general contractors and construction managers primarily used traditional distribution channels to procure prefabrication products in 2020.[65]
  • 22% of contractors used email orders in 2026, up from 18% in the prior survey.[103]
  • 17.5% of commercial air-conditioning equipment shipments were estimated to move directly from manufacturers to customers through national accounts.[104]

Key questions about the industrial construction industry

How large is the global industrial construction market in 2025?
The global industrial construction market was estimated at $192.59 billion in 2025.
What growth rate does the market forecast to by 2030?
The market is forecast to reach $268.83 billion by 2030, implying 6.8% CAGR from 2025 to 2030.
Which companies lead the industrial construction industry?
Bechtel leads Gitnux's 2026 industrial construction ranking with an Overall score of 9.2, with engineering, procurement and construction for major industrial and energy projects. VINCI is the highest-ranked industrial infrastructure constructor at 9.0, with VINCI Construction €32.1 billion in 2025 revenue and about 117,000 employees.
What technology shifts show measurable adoption in 2026?
In 2026, 28% of U.S. AEC firms were running AI in production, while 7% embedded AI across core workflows. In global industrial construction, 37% used Design for Manufacture and Assembly regularly or as standard practice.
How is the market structured across contractors and specialties?
The industry remains fragmented across engineering, procurement and construction contractors, specialty trades, structural steel firms and site-development companies. M&A continues, including IES Holdings’ agreement to acquire DBM Global for approximately $650 million in 2026.
What regulatory requirement affects permitting for construction sites?
In areas where the EPA is the permitting authority, construction activity disturbing one acre or more generally requires Clean Water Act stormwater permit coverage. EPA proposed a 2027 Construction General Permit in August 2026, with the 2022 permit scheduled to expire on February 16, 2027.
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